New rider to the Barrie area

welcome.

to the guys trying to talk him out of a bike he's already purchased, well, you're just wasting time.

Good luck on that thing man. It's a beast of a bike, and not exactly noob friendly so be careful.
 
toysareforboys said:
I did my intro to track course here (Cayuga/TMP) http://www.torontomotorsportspark.com/raceway/track_school_intro.html

Their first date this year is Sat May 18, get signed up asap! When I took the course there were some complete noobs there. They did the best in the course because they hadn't developed bad habits from street riding, and their brains were more open to what the bike is actually capable of doing.

There is ZERO intimidation on the track, ESPECIALLY at the intro to track course. Only students are out on the track, in groups organized by skill level. It's a super laid back no stress environment. Even on regular track days they have only one group out on the track at a time, the "noob" (green) group, intermediate (yellow), and advanced (red), so you will be riding with people at your skill level, and in green group the skill level starts at zero ;)

Watch Keith Code's Twist of the Wrist II over and over and try and apply everything in that video to your riding. Look THROUGH corners, avoid target fixation, get off the damn brakes, practice downshift blipping while two finger braking, etc. etc.

-Jamie M.
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Great info, I really appreciate that! It definitely gives me a bit of relief to hear that, I knew riders were separated in different classes so it makes sense they do it by skill level. Don't get me wrong, I'm not scared of the bike but I do respect it and will treat it good so it will take care of me.

As soon as I started looking for a bike I downloaded Twist of the Wrist II and have watched it many times so hopefully I can get out there and apply the things I've learned.

I know exactly what you mean and it's a great idea to learn the proper techniques right from the start. I'm for sure going to get on the driving course and track days as soon as I can! I'm exited!!

Thanks Jampy00 I'll keep in touch!

Haha I'm looking forward to the challenge Kool:D

Sounds great Slow1, I'm glad there are lots of others around to ride with! As long as there is a smile on your face it doesn't matter what your on dude! I just love the look of this specific era of R1 and I found a great deal so I jumped on it.

Thank you kamikaze, everyone is actually pretty supportive here lol I appreciate the advice and will tame the beast one step at a time.

Thanks Jaymurr, hopefully you do lol
 
Update: I added the build thread/intro I started on the R1 Forums to the first post if anybody wants to see what I did to it over winter.
 
A4R1 said:
Update: I added the build thread/intro I started on the R1 Forums to the first post if anybody wants to see what I did to it over winter.
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Links help, for the lazy peeps ;)

-Jamie M.
 
toysareforboys said:
Wow man, how freakin LOUD is that?!?! lol.

It doesn't have a muffler, somebody just cut it right off and put on an exhaust tip from Canadian Tire ;)

-Jamie M.
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It was TOO loud!! I still have it and it takes 2 mins to change exhausts so maybe when I feel like wearing earplugs I'll put the shorty pipe on and see how it sounds on the road haha Ya it's some kind of car exhaust tip tack welded to a clamp. Looks clean but not my style. I prefer the Delkevic much much more.
 
No worries, boys! I'll keep a close eye on this one both on the roads and on the base. My R1 will have no issues keeping his in line ;)
You know he's in good hands with me.
 
Welcome to the site. I live in Alliston so maybe see you around since you are so close. Good luck on your new bike and just take it easy until you get comfortable. Most of all have fun!
 
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